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2009 primitivo di manduria "villa santera"
Apuglia, Italy
Producer
Leone de Castris
History | Winemaking
Salice Salentino, a small village in Salento rich in vineyards and olive groves, is the landscape giving life to Leone de Castris’ wine tradition. It is exactly here, on the very spot where today’s cellar stands, that in 1665 Duke Oronzo, Earl of Lemos, gave birth to the company. He got enchanted by this landscape and decided to sell all his properties in Spain in order to draw the best from the Salentine rich terroir.
New vines have been planted over the years: Chardonnay, Pinot, Sauvignon, Cabernet, Merlot, Montepulciano, going together with the traditional ones: Negroamaro, Malvasia nera, Verdeca, Bianco d'Alessano, Moscato, Aleatico, Primitivo.
The Winery’s production is very rich: red, white and rosé DOC wines (Salice Salentino, Locorotondo, Copertino, Primitivo di Manduria), interesting IGT Salento and Puglia wines, sparkling rosé and white wines; a distillate and an extra-virgin olive oil of fine value.
classification
Primitivo of Manduria DOC
VINTAGE
2009
GRAPES
Primitivo of Manduria
HARVEST
Hand-picked in the first week of September
AREA OF PRODUCTION
Manduria
TRAINING SYSTEM
Head training system with 7.000 vinestocks per hectare
YIELD per HECTARE
6 tonnes
AVERAGE AGE OF THE VINEYARDS
40 years
VINIFICATION
After a long maceration and fermentation at a checked temperature (20-22° C), the wine sharpens in barrels of oak wood for about 6 months.
TASTING NOTES
At sight it is deep red, almost purplish. The nose reveals a rich perfume of fruity hints as plum and sour black cherries and also spices as ginger and vanilla. In the mouth it is warm, full and velvety. Very good with grilled meat, tasty baked pastas, ripe cheese. Serve at 16-18°C
ALCOHOL
15,00 % Vol.
• 2009 Vintage 90 Robert Parker Points
• ’99 – ’01 Vintages A TWO GLASSES SYMBOL on the 2002 – 2004 GAMBERO ROSSO ITALIAN WINES GUIDE – S. F. A.
• ’03 Vintage in the 2005 ANNUARY “BEST ITALIAN WINES” by L. Maroni
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